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Bangladesh

Bangladesh has maintained an impressive track record on growth and development.In the past decade, the economy has grown at nearly 6 percent per year, and human development followed economic growth. Poverty dropped by nearly one-third,coupled with increased life expectancy, literacy, and per capita food intake. More than 15 million Bangladeshis have moved out of poverty since 1992.

An IDA-financed project is helping install 20,000 solar homes systems in Bangladesh every month, making it the fastest growing solar home systems program in the world. As of 2016, the project had provided access to electricity for nearly 5 million people in rural Bangladesh.